688 Post-war planning
First of all, I'd like to say sorry to everyone, I had a heat stroke last week, and I didn't feel well for several days, so I couldn't create. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
Let's make up for it with a real 4,000-word chapter first, the chapters that are owed, and the ones that we owe before, find an opportunity to make up for it slowly.
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That night, in the camp hospital.
"I said I'm fine, why do you have to do this?"
Lying in the original Xiao Lang's hospital room, still occupying his hospital bed, Pang Yu looked at his only big foot that showed a sheet and was wrapped like a dumpling, and showed a helpless look on his face to the brothers in front of the bed.
- It wasn't until the end of the battle that he realized that his ankle bone had been sprained at some point. At the time, I didn't feel it at all, and I felt pain afterwards. Although he himself thought it was just a minor injury, just apply some medicine and wine to relax his muscles and invigorate his blood, but Old Jack insisted on treating it as a broken bone, bandaged it with a plaster cast, and then sent to this room, which was claimed to be the best in the camp - in fact, according to Pang Yu's professional eyes, this room was not necessarily much better than the other rooms in the hospital in terms of ventilation and lighting. But because it was used exclusively by Xiao Lang, it became "exclusive to the short-haired master", so it is now recognized as the best room.
All the modern people in Lushun are now gathered here, including Xie Xi, Jack, Xiao Lang, Xu Lei and others, their faces are all bad, or nervous, or angry, or heavy, Pang Yu looked around, feeling that he was about the only one who could still maintain a cheerful mood.
"Hey, old man, pay attention to the security work, now that we are together like this, if someone throws a grenade in, the northeast rudder of our Qionghai Gang will be served by someone."
Xie Xi glared at him with a blue face:
"You don't have to worry about it, now is not the time to tell jokes!"
Having said that, Xie Xi went out for a spin and strengthened the security work a little before coming in, with a piece of paper in his handβthe post-war statistics that had just been completed.
"What a loss!"
Looking at the casualty figures just counted, Xie Xie's face became more and more pale:
"Eleven people were killed and four seriously wounded. Thirty-five people were killed, nineteen wounded, and a dozen others who fled into the woods have not returned...... Even you are hurt. What the hell, just fifty or so Tartars beat us like bears? Our three regiments have never suffered such a big loss since they became an army! β
Pang Yu smiled bitterly:
"It's the greatest luck to survive. I kept saying that we should prevent sneak attacks and sneak attacks, but when we came to the end, we found that our precautions were still too negligent. β
Xie Xi shook his head:
"Being stationed where the Houjin army can reach it, but not taking the initiative to attack them, is not the only way left to be passively beaten!"
"But if you hit it, where will it end? With the vastness of the Northeast, it is not enough for us to throw all our forces into it. Houjin only needs to keep retreating, and sooner or later we can find out where the limit of our strength is, and when the time comes, we will only be more embarrassed than we are now. β
"It's all my fault!"
Xiao Lang suddenly interjected, but his always proud face was full of self-blame at this time:
"I'm sorry, guys, for my personal obsession, dragging everyone here together...... This time, fortunately, nothing happened to our own people, otherwise I would have regretted it for the rest of my life! β
As he spoke, Xiao Lang trembled, holding on to the handle of the wheelchair and standing up with difficulty, as if he wanted to bend down and bow to Pang Yu, but was immediately dismissed and pressed back into the chair:
"Okay, now is not the time to be held responsible, if you really want to be held accountable, I, the head of the regiment, are first at fault: I have been attacked and disturbed by the Houjin several times, but I still don't take it seriously, I say that I want to strengthen the defense, and I still don't pay special attention to the sea and the passage at the mouth of the Jinzhou Gorge, and I still look down on those barbarians in my heart...... The other is Xu Lei, the security inspection you are responsible for is really a big loophole this time, and you actually let so many Houjin soldiers sneak around and don't find it? - It's not fifty fucking rats, it's more than fifty big living people! β
Xu Lei hurriedly stood up and looked like he sincerely confessed his guilt, but Xie Xi just waved at him and asked him to sit back.
Next, his target actually turned to Pang Yu on the hospital bed:
"Let's tell you the truth - Pang Yu, your actual combat command is also very problematic, you shouldn't have let out the incapable logging team so early, and it was suddenly scattered by the Houjin soldiers, not only did it not play any role, but blocked the range of long-range firepower. If it is at the last moment, after the Houjin soldiers have been greatly weakened, and then let them go, we may not suffer losses in hand-to-hand combat. β
Xie Xi has always accepted the role of guidance in front of Pang Yu in the past, but this time, Pang Yu can only nod and accept his criticism in the military:
"Yes, I was still panicked and didn't think it through enough."
--He said "no accountability", but Xie Xi still said almost all the people in the room, but in the end, he looked around at everyone and said:
"There are no outsiders here, and we don't have to talk about those falsehoods. Brothers, we all know in our hearts: our team, the 139 people on the Qionghai, in this era, everyone is priceless. No matter who it is, it is irreplaceable. So as long as you don't deliberately make trouble, then no matter what mistakes you make, you can be forgiven in the end, because we have no other choice at all. β
"So guilt or regret, that's the end of it. Let's look ahead -- today's incident is not a matter of one person alone. Houjin is bent on killing us, and they are always looking for opportunities. And on our side, the biggest mistake was to let them find an opportunity. Fortunately, thanks to the desperate struggle of fifteen escort soldiers, the worst result was not caused. β
"The people of the logging team also charged, and it didn't work because I gave the wrong time to give the order, but after all, there were still many people who bravely rushed over, and this cannot be erased."
Pang Yu added in a low voice, hesitated for a moment, and nodded:
"Well, I'll go back and reward the same people from the logging team as combatants."
Knocking on the table, Xie Xi continued:
"It's not too late to make amends. We made mistakes, and we have to make up for them now-Xu Lei! β
"Yes!"
The young man who was named immediately jumped up and stood up straight.
"It's late today, early tomorrow morning, you take the second battalion to the Jinzhou Chengguan side to block the passage to the Lushun Peninsula by land. Externally, you have to guard against the attacks of the Houjin soldiers, but internally, you also have to be careful - I don't care how many rats sneak in, but don't try to run away from the land unless they go into the sea to swim! β
"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! β
Xu Lei, who was bent on attributing his merits, responded loudly, and nodded his head:
"I have just sent a report to Weihai and asked Hu Kai to lead the third battalion to come and support. It is expected to arrive in this day or two. At the same time, I would like to ask the navy stationed in Weihai Harbor to be dispatched at the same time to assist us in patrolling the coastline of this area of Arthur Kou, and to cut off the sea lines of communication of the Houjin soldiers, if they have any. β
"I will stay in the camp for the next two days, on the one hand, to deal with the follow-up to this battle, and on the other hand, to conduct an inventory of the inside of the camp at the same time - this time they ambushed so accurately, there must be inside information. We have to clean up the rats inside, and then after Hu Kai's troops come over to change guards, I will lead the officers and men of the first battalion to thoroughly search the Lushun Peninsula and strive to clean up all the rats that have slipped in. At the very least, there must never be an enemy on a scale like today's. β
Xie Xi informed everyone of his next plan of action, Xiao Lang listened quietly for a long time, and finally couldn't help but say:
"And most importantly, we need to prepare for evacuation as soon as possible."
Xie Xi was not surprised by Xiao Lang's ambivalent attitude of wanting to stay, but he couldn't wait to leave, he could feel that the former was in extreme guilt at the moment, and it was natural that his thoughts were completely reversed - his decision was finally made, but it was no longer his original intention.
"The decision on this issue is not in our hands at all - the news of Pang Yu's attack has been sent back to Hainan Island, and the committee is holding an emergency meeting, saying that a resolution will be made to us soon...... So I'm going to do some prepping work on my side first. β
As soon as he said this, a herald at the door trotted over and handed a telegram to the dismissal, who took it and looked at it twice, and smiled:
"Look, here it is - the committee has made a decision: to ask us to evacuate Arthur immediately. Even if there is something that has not been dealt with, it can be handed over to the officers of this era to continue to carry out, and all modern people must leave the Northeast immediately. β
While handing the telegram to everyone in turn, Xie Xi muttered:
"We're leaving, but we can't feel like we're being chased away. Running away after being beaten will only fuel Hou Jin's arrogance...... The plan just now remains unchanged, and it is certain that the Arthur Peninsula will be cleaned up first. And then...... Well, I'm going to ask the committee to launch an offensive campaign against Houjin. We do not seek to occupy places, but we must try to kill and wound their personnel, plunder their population, destroy their material supplies, deal them a major blow, and then take the initiative to withdraw, so that there is no longer the problem of too long a front that Pang Yu feared. When the time comes, it is logical to return directly to Shandong - what do you think? β
Regarding the plan proposed by Xie Xi, several people in the room looked at each other, and their faces showed approval - this was originally what Xiao Lang had always wanted to do with Xie Xi, and Xu Lei and the others were also the main battle faction. Even Pang Yu, who had always been against it at the beginning, thought about it a little this time, and then nodded:
"We can fight a dozen, as long as we set the bottom line of our actions ourselves, and don't fall for their tricks to lure the enemy deeper, we shouldn't suffer losses."
Everyone agreed, only old Jack, who never interfered in military and political affairs, was actually no stranger to military affairs, and presided over all the affairs of Luzon. But here old Jack only treats himself as a pure doctor, and does not care about anything other than medical and sanitation-related matters - who says foreigners are not politically sensitive?
But at this time, seeing that everyone was on the same mind, Old Jack had to shrug his shoulders and stand up to play the role of a dissenter:
"The committee demanded that all of us modern people withdraw for fear that our people would be harmed. Now it's time to take the initiative to launch a campaign...... I'm afraid it will contradict the resolution of the rear. β
"I will explain this to the Committee."
Xie Xi insisted:
"It is human nature for the Commission to fear that we are in danger. Our modern people's lives are precious, but if we can't defeat the enemy head-on, then no matter how careful we are, it will be in vain. War is not something that can be avoided just by being afraid. Things always have to be faced and dealt with before they can be resolved, and dragging them out will only get worse and worse. The Houjin soldiers want to kill us, so we will turn around and kill them first. Even if they can't kill them all at once, it's better to teach them a lesson, and let those people know that in this world, they are not only able to kill people, but they themselves are just rotten lives, and they will be slaughtered at any time! β
"Pang Yu was attacked when he was engaged in production, and so far, in all the face-to-face battles, we have not suffered a loss. Instead of waiting for the next sneak attack that the other party does not know when, it is better to take the initiative and destroy the resources, manpower, and desire that they rely on to start a war, so that the enemy's living environment becomes bad and they are too busy to take care of themselves, which is the best way to eliminate the danger! Otherwise, even if we escape back to Shandong and Hainan, can't they send people over? We are now at the forefront of facing Houjin, and we are still soldiers, men. But if we retreat, the closest to the Houjin forces will be those in Beijing, so do we still expect a group of women, children or diplomats to face the Houjin assassins? β
After saying this, there was no objection in the room, so Xie looked at everyone and nodded:
"Then it's settled, adjournment."
The crowd dispersed, but the dismissal stayed in the room for a while:
"Lao Pang, I'm sorry, I know that you have always opposed the expansion of the front in the northeast, but this time I really can't bear it. Fifteen old brothers! I can name each one, and the deputy company commander Hu Dachun was personally recruited into the team when I was in high school, and his qualifications are older than Ah Shui...... Originally, they wanted to expand the army after they returned, but most of them were trained as reserve officers. The committee only knew that our own people had no losses, which was a great blessing, but they didn't know that our three regiments were really bitten by a dog Tartar this time, and they lost more than a dozen future company platoon commanders at once! β
Regarding the explanation that Xie Xi specially stayed behind, Pang Yu just smiled:
"It's nothing, I just didn't want to let unexpected factors interfere with our established development steps, and fight against Houjin, there are too many uncontrollable factors. But now......"
He looked at his feet:
"I'm still thinking about revenge...... It's ...... you."
He turned around and looked at the dismissal:
"It's going to be at least a few months after this fight, and you're definitely not going to be with Julie when she gives birth. You've been waiting for this kid for so long, and now ......."
Xie Xi took a long breath, and his tone was full of loneliness:
"No way, who brought us to such a troubled time. I wanted to at least in this matter, and try to live with her as much as I did in the modern world. But now it seems that it can only be a dream after all. β
strode out of the ward, and only dropped one sentence at the end of the dismissal:
"Since there isn't one, call him out. I hope that when this child grows up, this world will not be so chaotic again. (To be continued.) )